Laila Ali
Leonardo da Vinci was unable to go to a public school, and instead, he roamed the fields near his home for hours and hours. Carefully inspect the insects and play freely. This had a great impact on his life, he worked on forming it to become a great inventor and artist.
We all know the extent of the imagination enjoyed by Da Vinci, but do you make your son roam the fields or gardens for hours and hours, or is he handcuffed with all this amount of duties and activities that make him run in order to finish it and get your satisfaction.
In 2010, English teacher Anthony Isolin wrote a book called "Ten Ways to Destroy Your Child's Imagination," which you may need to know to save your child from this fate.
Make your son spend most of his time indoors, because you fear it from the outside, the threats of open air, and fickle weather. Don't risk letting him explore the experience of sitting in nature without a clear plan to implement it.
Do not allow your child to organize his world by himself to explore what is interesting and what is difficult, you replace spontaneous activities with seven days of organized activities that others control, and a schedule that leaves no room for exploration and reflection.
Don't run the risk of letting kids explore machines or meet those who know their use, you are pursuing the privilege of safety above all, isolating your child from the world of crafts and despising practical knowledge, and you are not interested in creating his challenge and the importance of knowing maps and discovering the world.
You replace fairy tales with pure science books, and sometimes you force your son to read them even though he doesn't want to. You read stories that do not feed the mind, and you replace the basic facts with your orthodox opinions.
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5. Do not care about the element of heroism in the lives of your children, ignore the national championships, and who are the warriors who gave their lives for others, how will our children be inspired to live a life of courage, self-control, and mercy, unless we give them real examples of heroes from Our history.
6. Do not allow the emotional admiration of your children for those who deserve it, do not care about the stories of the simple and their ways of living and their unlimited generosity. You reject courage, and you prefer systematic diligence.
7. Children grow up inside a closed apartment where they watch another closed box (TV) and play violent video games. They are not interested in courtyard and exploring plants and do not know the principles of agriculture.
8. Do not talk to them about love and do not express to them your feelings and craving when they are absent. You exchange music with an atmosphere of tension full of obligations and actions that must be accomplished.
9. Convince children that boys and girls are the same, and dissolve all gender differences. The girl grows like a boy, and the boy grows like a girl.
10. Not providing time for reflection on God’s creation, the mystery of faith and the teachings of religion.
The development of imaginative sense
Commenting on the Isulin Book, Amy Collins, who is interested in home education, says in her article titled Six Ways, in order not to ruin your child's imagination on the Home Education Blog now: If you had to summarize the ten Isolein ways to destroy your child's imagination in one sentence, I would like to say: A fantasy can A normal child is destroyed by adults when they excessively build a child's life and remove the things that inspire him.
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Collins presented six methods inspired by the book Isulin in the event that mothers wanted to develop the imagination of their children.
Make them feel bored, children need enough time to get bored, so they struggle to find out what they should do. When your children tell you they are bored, give them additional duties to do. Then they will stop complaining and start thinking in a more creative way about how to find their own pleasure without resorting to you. All this boredom, along with a little self-direction, will surely spark the imagination of a child.
Sending children abroad, we take them on organized trips and do not give them enough freedom to explore the various forms of rocks, species of birds and animals. In addition, school days are long with short rest periods and insufficient summer vacation for children to enjoy nature, travel and discover the world, so they are in urgent need to provide them with free time outside the home.
Give your child some independence, do not put bureaucratic restrictions on your children - that of adults who master them - and do not aim to manage their schedules, which are crowded with activities. Give them time to feel independent and responsible towards themselves and their time.
Distinguishing in choosing books, there is a big gap between books that evoke imagination and learning the truth, and others that are useless, encourage your child to read fairy tales that stimulate his imagination at the present time, and later help him understand human art and human life. And do not forget that popular stories teach children the basic facts in life, the secret of wisdom and the importance of the characteristics of silence, patience and thought.
Reducing screen time, Isulin says in his book, "Television replaces the imagination needed to read a good book. If we want our children to read books, it is necessary to limit their exposure to television." He remembers his childhood, and regretted all the rich activities that have been replaced by screens at the moment such as playing ball, building an earthen fortress, talking to friends, collecting coins or even sabotaging a machine at home in order to explore it despite knowing the punishment that we will be subjected to.
Teaching children the meaning of true friendship, they must have time to play, think freely, and make real, lasting friendships. What do you teach your children when you focus less on relationships and more stressful activities? When that happens, we will undoubtedly be healthier people, and according to Isulin, our children will be more creative as well.